Information for writers about literary agents, Golvan Arts Management and the business of writing in Australia. If you are interested in representation, it is most important that you carefully read all of the relevant sections below. At present WE ARE NOT considering many new proposals. For other recommended Australian Literary Agents, please see the listing at the Australian Literary Agents Association web site.

AWARDS

In October 2018 Gerald Murnane was awarded the Prime Minister's Literary Award for his novel Border Districts.

Robyn Bavati won the 2018 WAYRA (West Australian Young Readers Book Awards) in the Older Readers Category for Within These Walls.

NEW BOOKS

Gerald Murnane’s Collected Short Fiction was published in April 2018 by Giramondo Publishing. This collection was also published by Farrar, Strausand Giroux in the US, and is called Stream System. Gerald Murnane's latest work of fiction, Border Districts was published in November 2017, and was published by FSG in the USA in March 2018. Rights deals for Murnane's books in Germany, the UK and Egypt are at present being negotiated.

Kevin Hart's latest book of poetry, Barefoot, was published in February 2018 by Notre Dame Press.

Barry Hill's latest book Reason and Lovelessness, Essays, Encounters, Reviews 1980-2017 was published in March 2018 by Monash University.

Vicki Bennett's latest book The Little Stowaway was published by Scholastic in March 2018.

Kevin Walsh's best selling books on Waterwise Gardening and Waterwise Plants have been combined in a new edition in December 2017, Waterwise Plants and Gardening.

FILM ADAPTATIONS

Jane Lyons is very excited about the upcoming 100% Wolf animated movie, which should be on screens in Australia in 2020. The movie has already been presold for China, South Korea, Germany, Russia, Poland, Belgium, the Middle East and Israel. There are also plans for a TV series.